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OKLAHOMA OUTLOOK Spring 2014
The Miracle in Louisville
In 2012 six students from the Kingfisher FFA chapter
won the Parliamentary Procedure State CDE Finals in
Stillwater. The whole group, especially Chairman Trevor
Woods, was very excited about their achievement; however, at
the end of the CDE finals, all six members of the team had also
qualified to go to nationals in other categories. As a result, the
Parli-Pro team did not compete at Nationals that year but did
commit themselves to working their way back to Nationals in
2013.
They did just that, once again winning the State CDE Finals.
And this time they would compete at Nationals.
But there would be a detour on their road to the National
Championship.
Here’s how Trevor tells it:
“We qualified at the State Interscholastic event and decided
that we’d go to Nationals. We put off practice a little bit because
almost all of us were working wheat harvest. On the night of
June 25, I was with some buddies just driving around some
wheat land. I was riding in the back of a pickup and somehow
just fell out.”
Trevor was rushed by his friends to the local hospital and
then sent directly to the OU Trauma Center where he was diag-nosed
with a severe brain injury. He was in the hospital for ten
days, with a broken jaw and big cuts on his face, but his most
serious problem was memory loss.
“I lost some memory, and one thing I still don’t remember is
the accident itself. Between June 25 and July 4, I was conscious
and speaking with people, but I don’t have a memory of it.”
During that time, it was inevitable that some people won-dered
if he would recover in time to compete in Louisville.
Was there ever discussion about not going? At some point
you had to make a decision that you’re either going to go or
not. How did you all work that out?
“Honestly, we never really had a discussion about it. I stayed
ten days at the OU Medical Center and ten more days at Jim
Thorpe Rehab. I was released one day with a broken jaw and
everything. I had my mouth wired shut. The day after I was
released, we had Parli-Pro practice. I just jumped right back
into it. I’m the chairman. I have a lot of speaking. But I partici-pated
with my mouth wired shut. From all the questions that I
would be asked, I had to answer. That just reassured us that we
still had a chance. I had no doubts that I could participate.”
Trevor’s will, determination and desire never left him. His
road to recovery was led by that will. His team did win the
national championship, and the entire Kingfisher community
rose to cheer this group of students and especially the leader-ship
and inspiration from the struggle of this determined young
man.
If you heard about this happening to someone else, would
you imagine they’d be able to pull this off and do what you
guys have done? Especially what you have done?
“Honestly, it is hard to believe. I was very fortunate to have
all the supporting members of the community, of my family,
and especially my team.”
In spite of all that Trevor has been through and all that he
has had to overcome, he still gives all the credit to his team.
“I honestly couldn’t be any more honored to be a part of that
team. We were the only team from Oklahoma to ever win that
event at the national level. We are all so close that we’re practi-cally
a family.”
And always will be, right?
“Exactly. Always will be.”
Congratulations to Trevor and his team members,
Blair Kloeppel, Katie Lippoldt, Maegan Yost, Jason
Murray and Gatlin Squires. And thanks to Gatlin’s
dad, Mark, for sharing the story with us.
Kingfisher Parli-Pro was not the only Oklahoma winner A at Louisville. Turn the page to see many, many more.

OKLAHOMA OUTLOOK Spring 2014
The Miracle in Louisville
In 2012 six students from the Kingfisher FFA chapter
won the Parliamentary Procedure State CDE Finals in
Stillwater. The whole group, especially Chairman Trevor
Woods, was very excited about their achievement; however, at
the end of the CDE finals, all six members of the team had also
qualified to go to nationals in other categories. As a result, the
Parli-Pro team did not compete at Nationals that year but did
commit themselves to working their way back to Nationals in
2013.
They did just that, once again winning the State CDE Finals.
And this time they would compete at Nationals.
But there would be a detour on their road to the National
Championship.
Here’s how Trevor tells it:
“We qualified at the State Interscholastic event and decided
that we’d go to Nationals. We put off practice a little bit because
almost all of us were working wheat harvest. On the night of
June 25, I was with some buddies just driving around some
wheat land. I was riding in the back of a pickup and somehow
just fell out.”
Trevor was rushed by his friends to the local hospital and
then sent directly to the OU Trauma Center where he was diag-nosed
with a severe brain injury. He was in the hospital for ten
days, with a broken jaw and big cuts on his face, but his most
serious problem was memory loss.
“I lost some memory, and one thing I still don’t remember is
the accident itself. Between June 25 and July 4, I was conscious
and speaking with people, but I don’t have a memory of it.”
During that time, it was inevitable that some people won-dered
if he would recover in time to compete in Louisville.
Was there ever discussion about not going? At some point
you had to make a decision that you’re either going to go or
not. How did you all work that out?
“Honestly, we never really had a discussion about it. I stayed
ten days at the OU Medical Center and ten more days at Jim
Thorpe Rehab. I was released one day with a broken jaw and
everything. I had my mouth wired shut. The day after I was
released, we had Parli-Pro practice. I just jumped right back
into it. I’m the chairman. I have a lot of speaking. But I partici-pated
with my mouth wired shut. From all the questions that I
would be asked, I had to answer. That just reassured us that we
still had a chance. I had no doubts that I could participate.”
Trevor’s will, determination and desire never left him. His
road to recovery was led by that will. His team did win the
national championship, and the entire Kingfisher community
rose to cheer this group of students and especially the leader-ship
and inspiration from the struggle of this determined young
man.
If you heard about this happening to someone else, would
you imagine they’d be able to pull this off and do what you
guys have done? Especially what you have done?
“Honestly, it is hard to believe. I was very fortunate to have
all the supporting members of the community, of my family,
and especially my team.”
In spite of all that Trevor has been through and all that he
has had to overcome, he still gives all the credit to his team.
“I honestly couldn’t be any more honored to be a part of that
team. We were the only team from Oklahoma to ever win that
event at the national level. We are all so close that we’re practi-cally
a family.”
And always will be, right?
“Exactly. Always will be.”
Congratulations to Trevor and his team members,
Blair Kloeppel, Katie Lippoldt, Maegan Yost, Jason
Murray and Gatlin Squires. And thanks to Gatlin’s
dad, Mark, for sharing the story with us.
Kingfisher Parli-Pro was not the only Oklahoma winner A at Louisville. Turn the page to see many, many more.